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Adapted from Lewis Carroll Fantasy / More than 50 characters plus extras (doubling possible) / Ints./exts. Produced and revived on Broadway, this is the most successful dramatic version of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: a journey into a world of complete illusion. ... Read more

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Poor Eva!
You know that Eva La Gallienne was probably one of the finest actresses to be on stage during the last century. The only problem is that she was a lesbian which may have prevented her from overshadowing a rival, Helen Hayes, or any one of her contemporaries. The main problem with Eva was that she clung to the theatrical stage than to television or film. Her appearance on St. Elsewhere was disrupted by her behavior. She was not always kind or fair to her female lovers and companions. Eva was not at all a perfect human being but on stage, she was magnificient even in the Broadway Archives film, "The Royal Family" with another legendary British dame not yet Rosemary Harris playing her daughter. Eva's sexual orientation did not prevent her from facing cruelty in her own life from outsiders. At the same time, she had her own demons like alcoholism to face. Although she never got the Kennedy Center Honours because she probably wouldn't have attended the ceremony, she was terribly shy and for good reason. Her relationships with women were always suspected to be more than just friendship. SOmetimes they were but not always, in the last years of her life, she lived in Connecticut away from Broadway. SHe valued her privacy because people speculate too much about somebody's sexual orientation. The author of this book first met Eva with his wife and daughter twenty years before, ironically 20 years later, he himself has a male partner which he dedicates this book too. How ironic that the author is in the same predicament as Eva once was but she chose not to live a lie but to be private about such matters. If somebody should ask who her true love was, there is only definitive answer and that is the stage which has no gender preference or prejudices. She was very happy on stage and that's the truth. Rest in peace, Eva La Gallienne, we miss you still. ... Read more

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A collection of short stories by the 19th-century Danish author includes "The Spider," "The Wind," and "The Bee." ... Read more

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The extraordinary life of one of the great actors of the 20th century is viewed in this complex biography, including her protean career and courageous and controversial private life. The actress was dazzling on stage, touring at 18 with Ethel Barrymore and a major Broadway star at 21. The actress profoundly influenced the American theatre in her pioneering role as founder and head of the Civic Repertory Theatre (it became the model for Off Broadway) where she produced, directed, and starred in some 40 plays. 110 photos.Amazon.com Review
For modern theater, the loss of Eva Le Gallienne wasparticularly tragic. A star in every sense, La Gallienne was a directorand muse of top playwrights, a translator of Ibsen, and afounder of the American repertory theater movement. Born in 1899, shecut a wide swath through the theatrical world in the first half of thecentury. This is the second biography of LeGallienne to appear in recent years, and Helen Sheehy tackles herlarger-than-life subject with verve and thoroughness. ... Read more

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Excellent
I have fallen in love with Eva Le Gallienne.This book, along with Eva's own autobiographies, offers a very full and detailed view of Eva's life.However, it is so detailed that it will mainly interest those who already have a general interest in Le Gallienne and have a basic knowledge of her life.

Sheehy includes many details that Le Gallienne herself never disclosed in her two autobiographies, whether they be of a romantic or traumatic nature.Le Gallienne's autobiographies are much more interesting to read, because her narrative voice is very engaging, but Sheehy is more thorough and offers insights that only a third-party could offer.

I would recommend reading this book after reading "At 33" and "With a Quiet Heart," Eva's two autobiographies, though I will admit they are difficult to come by.It is much easier to get through Sheehy's book when you are familiar with Le Gallienne's life story.

The Forgotten Lady of the Theater!
It's hard to imagine what the American theater community would have been like without the great Eva La Gallienne. Fortunately, I purchased the Shanke's book, "Shattered Lives: The Story of Eva La Gallienne" and received it a few days earlier. What disappointed me about that book was the fact it focused so much on Eva's sexual orientation from a homosexual male perspective. Of course, Eva's sexuality is only part of her. In Sheehy's book, the author spends a lot of time in explaining this wonderful actress' life without doting too much on her sexuality. Who cares if Eva perferred the company of women really. It didn't stop her from being a major figure in establishing theater in the country. She performed everywhere, Seattle, New York, Washington D.C. Chicago, etc. Sadly, she never found the love of her life in other women but her true love was theater. It was on the stage that she became superfigure of a woman who can do so much. She wrote books and translated Ibsen and Chekhov. She should never be forgotten as one of the groundbreakers in American theater. This book does not dwell too much on her sexuality which I recommend for that reason alone. Eva was a remarkable lady and a grand dame of the theater.

Excellent
Not only do I feel that the author gave a clear and unbiased picture of Eva's life, but in the reading of this book, I was inspired as a theatre artisan myself.Eva is an important yet often overlooked historical figure, and I am recommending this book to all of my theatre friends. Brilliant.Brilliant.Brilliant. ... Read more

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Theatre was Her Life!!!
Eva's second autobiography comes 20 years after her first when she was only 34. Now in her fifties, she would live to be in her nineties probably didn't think she would live so long. The book has several photographs of her theatrical days. Eva was one of the greatest stage actresses of our time and a visionary. Yes, I would have liked to have read the whole story of her life including her lesbianism and alcoholism. Apart from the theatre, Eva's personal life was in disarray. She never had the soulmate but theatre was her soul-mate and constant companion. She was terrified in the day about her sexual orientation in hostile environments. Partially, she became a recluse away from the theatre. She wasn't a party-goer or in the party scene whether New York or Hollywood. Eva's legacy was her contributions and services to the theatre which was her true love and passion. Besides acting, she directed, translated texts by Chekhov, Ibsen, and Strindberg. She was a complicated creative person and a genius for it. She also translated Hans Christian Anderson as well as others. She was tough on the outside and inside but she was also vulnerable, alone, and looking for companionship and partnership which she never really received in her mortal life. Even her co-star, Ellen Burstyn, never knew her sexual orientation after they film a movie together, I don't think Eva meant to include her sexual life as well as her alcoholism. If she did, she would have lost credibility among the theatre industry and been considered unstable and unable to continue as the storm behind the theatre.

Tame Book
I got interested in this book because I remembered reading a children's book, Flossie and Bossie, that she had wrote. I had no idea Eva Le Gallienne was a famous theater actress, director etcc... I read this and her other autobiography, and you get absolutly no idea of her real personal life. She mentions she is not going to give up any dirt basically. But because of the times or whatever, you can't even tell she is a lesbian in this book, or any of her problems with alcohol or problems with her half sister... and just tons of stuff about her that I am currently finding out while I am reading a biography of her. The biograpies give you the dirt and are a lot more interesting.. ... Read more

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Not revealing but certainly not dull!
Eva La Gallienne is not well known but she should have been considered one of America's finest actresses. Although born in London, she spent time in Paris, France where she witnessed another great actress, Sarah Bernhardt, and later Eleanor Duse perform. She wrote a biography about Eleanor Duse's career and life. At only 33 years old, my age, Eva's life is truly amazing but I'm not giving it five stars because Eva holds back a lot of her life. She doesn't marry because she was a lesbian and was quite honest about her feelings and attraction towards women in general but that didn't stop an amazing theatrical career. By the end of her long life, she amounted many awards and accolades but she was shy as well. Very protective of her privacy that she lived in Weston, Connecticut. Because of her sexual orientation, she maintained vigilant determination not to stop that from letting it interfere with her amazing theatrical life. She may not have gone on to star in movies but she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress in "Resurrection" and one of America's highest honors, The National Medal of the Arts, which she didn't even attend the luncheon in Washington D.C. Regardless this book allows us to understand LeG as she was called better. She was a person so talented, so brilliant that she translated Ibsen and Chekhov, producted and directed theatrical productions, by the end of her long life. ... Read more

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This first published resource on the life and theatrical career of award-winning actress Eva Le Gallienne traces her acting debut in 1914, her travels to the United States, and the successes and failures of her New York City repertory theatres. Also noted are Le Gallienne's critically acclaimed performances in such plays as Liliom, The Swan, The Master Builder, Hedda Gabler, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Camille, Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Stuart, and The Royal Family. The book covers not only her Broadway engagements, but also her many lecture and theatre tours, as well as awards. ... Read more

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Translated, with a new Introduction, by Eva Le Gallienne ... Read more

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Let's get these plays back in print
The included eight Ibsen plays, translated by Mme. Le Gallienne, are basically unavailable in any other form than this out-of-print compilation. Inasmuch as they represent a superior collection of these works by a well-respected translator, I strongly recommend this book and hope it may be republished in the future. ... Read more

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The author, who met and corresponded with the actress on manyoccasions in the two decades before her death, draws on his personalmemories and scores of interviews to give a vivid sense of herpersonality, a fascinating mixture of kindness and cruelty, arroganceand deep insecurity. Not as polished or reflective as Helen Sheehy'smore judicious biography, this brings Le Gallienne to life whileoffering extremely subjective artistic and political judgments. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Eva Le Gallienne, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 955 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

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Le Gallienne and Sendak have taken seven of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and given them new life and flavor with fresh, sensitive translations and beautiful illustrations in both full color and black-and-white. ... Read more

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Some of the best children's tales ever published
Hans Christian Andersen is one of the all-time best tellers of children's tales. They are full of circumstances that are relevant to their lives and they generally end happily and always have a moral. This collection contains:

*) The Fir Tree
*) The Princess and the Pea
*) The Ugly Duckling
*) The Darning Needle
*) It's Absolutely True
*) The Steadfast Tin Soldier

It is profusely illustrated with several color and many black and white pictures. They capture the feelings and situations without being cluttered and overdone. I strongly recommend that you read this book to children.
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